The waterfall behind our house at the lower end of Lake Edenwold is a thundering cascade of spring runoff from the melting snows of winter. It's b...
Early in the spring, about a month before my grandpa's stroke, I began walking for an hour every afternoon. Some days I would walk four blocks sou...
It was one week before high school graduation when I found the note. I didn’t know it then, but by the end of that week, my life would be change...
"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tin...
This is allegedly actual text from an American home economics text book, circa 1950.Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a de...
The silent young woman in bed number six is called Jasmine. So am I, but names are only superficial things, floats bobbing on the surface of the water...
Can it really be sixty-two years ago that I first saw you?It is truly a lifetime, I know. But as I gaze into your eyes now, it seems like only yesterd...
1. Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. -- Tyler Kent White.2.You must all...
Life is hard and throws a lot at us at times. There are circumstances that make us feel stuck and trying to find an escape. Despite what's happene...
I am a violin. Plain looking as I am, I have a wonderful sound. I used to play soft, sweet rhythm in the hand of my young master. But now, lying in th...